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THE MOTH PROJECT
By THE MOTH PROJECT
Created by The MOTH PROJECT
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Show Description
Three walls of stunning video, two live musicians, one family’s migration story and a genre-defying set list about and inspired by moths. Bring your dancing shoes for the after party! Total time 90 minutes.
Genre and Content
Original Music
Spoken Word
Storytelling
Audience participation
Historical content
Kid friendly
Non-verbal
Content Warnings
The creators say this show is appropriate for ages 12-15 and up
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Seat Reservations and Show Tickets
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| Thu 07/31 | 7:00 PM | ||||
| Fri 08/01 | 8:30 PM | ||||
| Sat 08/02 | 5:30 PM | ||||
| Sat 08/02 | 8:30 PM | ||||
| Sun 08/03 | 7:00 PM | ||||
| Tue 08/05 | 7:00 PM | ||||
| Wed 08/06 | 7:00 PM | ||||
| Thu 08/07 | 7:00 PM | ||||
| Fri 08/08 | 8:30 PM | ||||
| Sat 08/09 | 5:30 PM | ||||
| Sat 08/09 | 8:30 PM | ||||
| Sun 08/10 | 7:00 PM |
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Video Trailer
Cast and Crew
Peter Kiesewalter
keyboardsWhitney La Grange
violinTony Bublitz
technicianSarah Bauer
stage managerMore Information
Two brothers, a biologist and a musician, spend summer 2020 in quarantine together with their six collective children at the family cottage in Canada. Through the ritual of evening campfires, a thread of an idea emerges that weaves together their combined worlds – art and science, myth and fact, music and moths. A few years and a Canada Council for the Arts grant later, The MOTH PROJECT is bringing their show to the Red Eye Theater in Minneapolis with a NEW expanded version of the show - with 3 screens of visuals and a booty-shaking AfterParty.
CLICK here for more info, videos, images at mothprojectlive.com
Is the show eco-theater? Transdisciplinary and multimedia performance art? “I didn’t understand those terms when I wrote the show,” says Peter Kiesewalter, a Grammy nominated and Emmy Award winning composer based in New York City, “but there does seem to be a movement among the arts that incorporates the themes of biodiversity and ecological awareness. I’d explain the show this way:
“The Moth Project is a 75 minute live show featuring two musicians – myself on keyboard and the violinist Whitney La Grange - performing a diverse range of music, from Bach to Joni Mitchell to KISS to original songs, while a stunning visual tour of macro photography, slow motion video, and dynamic motion graphics are projected onto us, transporting us and the audience to a strange and wonderful world. It is about and inspired by moths with a spoken word narrative arc about my family’s migration from post-war Germany to Canada in the1950’s.”
Recently featured on NPR’s popular weekly “Science Friday,” the show is resonating with both arts and science presenters and media. Kiesewalter continues “and we’re thrilled with the enthusiastic response from the biologists and photographers whose images have been entrusted to us.” But perhaps the most important endorsement has come from Robin Wall Kimmerer, the esteemed botanist, professor, recent MacArthur Fellow, best-selling author (“Braiding Sweetgrass”), and enrolled member of the Citizen Potawatomi Nation, whose words and voice grace the piece “Reciprocity,” a song which asks the question “what can I gift the Earth in return for the privilege of breath?” The answer – pay attention, get to know your neighbors, and create transformative works of art.
